Folding chair.



J. HAJOS. FOLDING CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED 001. 27, 1909.

Patented Jan. 11, 19 10.

170 63 5 fims UNITED STATES JOSEPH HAJOS, OF-PILOT KNOB, MISSOURI.

FOLDING CHAIR.

' Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jan. 11, 1910,

' Application filed October 27, 1909. Serial No. 524,879.

To all whom it may concern:-

Be it known that I, J OSEPH lines, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Pilot Knob, in the county of Iron and State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in FoldingChairs, of which the following is a speciparcel and easily carried;third, to provide a simple and durable cliairthat will occupy acomparatively small space in shipping or storage; fourth, to furnish achair ofthe above typewith simple and effective means for maintainingthe same in a closed or,

- folded position and rigid when set up; and

fifth, to accomplish the above results by a chair that is strong,inexpensive to manufacture, easily handled, and highly eflioient forvhepurposes for which it is intended.

ith the above and other objects in view which will more readily appearas the invention is better understood, the same consists of the novelconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafterdescribed in detail and then claimed.

Referring now to the drawing: Figure 1 is aside elevation of the chairwith the back thereof partly broken away, Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionalview of the same, Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the chair in a foldedposition, and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same.

In the accompanying drawing, the reference numeral 1 denotes the frontlegs of .the chair and the reference numeral 2 the rear legs thereof.These legs intermediate the ends thereof are pivotally connected by pthe pintles 3.0f a central transverse round 4:,

said round having the pintles thereof fixed in the legs 1, while thelegs 2 are looselymounted upon the pintles between the legs 1 and theends of the round. The lower ends of the legs 2 are connected by atransverse round 5.

The upper ends of the legs 1 are provided with pivot members 6 adaptedto be pivotally connected to similar members 7 carried by the lower endsof rails 8, said rails besaid links being TENT OFFICE. 1

ing suitably connected together by transfl verse braces 9, the rails andbraces consti tuting the chair back.

The legs 2 are connected near their upper ends by a transverse round 10,and the 'up? per ends of said legs have the outer sides thereofconnected to the inner sides of the upper ends of the-legs 1 by pivotedtoggle links 11.

the rails 8 of the chair back are links 12, arranged upon the inner.sides of said rails. The links are pivotally connected by staples 13 tothe rear edge of a seat board 1 1, the under side of said seat boa-rdadjacent to the front thereof being provided with a transverse cleat 15to receive the upper ends of the legs 2. The upper ends of the legs 2,also. the lower ends of the legs 1 and 2 are cut to provide a flatsurface whereby the legs will rest upon a floor or similar surface andsupport the seat board 14 in a horizontal lane. a

To fold the chair, the seat board 14 is folded upwardly against the backand is retained in such position by a hook 16, carried by one of therails of the chair back 8 en- I 4 gaging a staple 17 carried by one sideofthe seat board 14. The legs 1 and 2 are then folded into parallelism,the outer sides of the legs 2 being cut away, as at 18 to provideclearance for the toggle links 11, which I rest between-the upper endsof the le s 1 and 2 when said legs are folded. One 0 the rails 8 of thechair back is then connected to one of the legs 1 by a pivoted hook 19carried by the sald rail 8, engaging a staple 20 carried by one of thelegs 1.

The chair can be constructed-of light and,

durable wood and the links 6, 12 and 11, pivot members 6 and 7, and thehooks and staples of metal.

Having now described my invention what I claim as new, is

In a folding chair, a pair of front supporting legs, a pair of rearsupporting legs, a central transverse round arranged intermediate theends of said front and rear supporting legs and having its endsfixedlysecured in the front legs and the rear legs loosely mounted thereon,said rear legs having the outer sides thereof'cut-away, to gle linksconnecting the front and rear legs near the upper ends thereof andadapted to'fold intothecutaway portions of said rear legswhen the legsare folded, a chair as Pivotally connected to the lower ends of I backhaving side rails pivotally connected at their lower ends to the upperends of the front legs, a seatboard provided with staples in the rearedge thereof, links pivotally connected at their ends to said staplesand the rails of said chair back respectively, a stop carried by theunder side of said seat board adjacent the front edge thereof adapted tobe engaged by the upper ends of said rear legs when the latter are inunfolded position, a hook carried by one of said side rails of the chairback and an eye carried by the seat board to receive said hook forsecuring the seat board in folded position against the chainback, and ahook means 15 carried by the same side rail and an eye carried by one ofthe rear legs for receiving said last-named hook for securing the backand legs in folded position.

' In testimony whereof I aflix my signature 20 in the presenceof'twowitnesses.

JOSEPH HAJOS.

Witnesses BENJAMIN M. VVHiTn, GEORGE PALLA.

